Obesity can have a similar impact to cancer on a child's quality of life and should be considered a long-term chronic disease, doctors said at a conference assessing the effects of the latest weight-loss drugs.
Medications such as Wegovy should form a long-term approach to beating obesity, rather than a quick fix. Pills are starting to replace injections as the next generation of fat-busting medications.
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk launched its oral version of Wegovy – the branded injectable weight-loss drug – in the US this month.
The manufacturer of weight-loss drug Wegovy hope its oral tablet could be available soon in the UAE.
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